Simon Says Stamp | You Da Best Picture Book Card (Best Days Release NOW AVAILABLE!)
Hello friends! Simon Says Stamp's latest release, Best Days is now available. This awesome new release is chock full of amazing new stamps, dies, stencils, and more! I used lots of new dies, stencil, and even a sentiment phrase from the release for this card featuring coloring Picture Book dies with Copic Markers.
For the background I inked up some Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Inks and the new Waves and Hills Stencil. I wanted somewhere to "ground" or tuck my Picture Book critters into without disrupting the background so I die cut a border from Bristol Smooth Cardstock using a Drifting Stitches Border. I inked the border up just like the background panel and adhered it to the bottom as shown.
The Picture Book Croc and Picture Book Walrus were die cut from Neenah Smooth White Cardstock and then colored in with Copic Markers instead of die cutting the images from multiple colors of cardstock and piecing them together! This was so quick and easy! Plus you get awesome shading and depth and dimension this way. So much fun!
I adhered the Croc and Walrus to my card, tucking them under the die cut border as shown. I did die cut the images from Black Licorice Cardstock for the eyes. I applied Glossy Accents to the eyes on both critters and the nose of the Walrus to really make them pop.
The You Da Best Die was die cut three times from smooth white cardstock and adhered one on top of another. The greeting shadow was die cut from vellum and the layered greeting was adhered on top before being placed on the card.
A sentiment from the Emphatic Stamp Set was stamped on Black Licorice cardstock with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the card.
I finished the design with a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sea Breeze and Key Lime.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of this picture book critters colored with Copics card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
S U P P L I E S
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What a fabulous card! So fun!! Such a great colour combination too. Of ALL the picture book characters the walrus and the croc are my absolute favourites. Love them!!
Love you design Nichol and you are so sweet leaving in your boo boo with the croc's mouth because I am sure you are not the only crafter to have done this. Thank you for sharing this with us crafters. :O)
Hi Nichol. I'm getting caught up on your blog/videos and I LOVE this card. There is no way to pick which picture book critter is cutest as they are equally adorable. You crack me up when you explain your mistakes in the video. It always makes me feel so much better. The crocodile teeth episode was the best! It sounds exactly like something I would do. I made a rainy day card and stamped the raindrops upside down, gave it to my husband and didn't realize what was wrong (it just didn't look right) and figured it out about three days later - haha. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Love the mint waves and the dies are wonderful
Posted by: Mel H | March 08, 2018 at 09:35 PM
Adorable! The alligator is my favorite!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | March 09, 2018 at 08:19 AM
So awesome! I love the walrus & that stencil the best. Your Copic coloring always blows me away!
Posted by: Angie F | March 09, 2018 at 08:24 AM
I absolutely LOVE your card. Super cute!!
Posted by: Paula Desmarais | March 09, 2018 at 08:52 AM
Cute scene--I like your textured coloring.
Posted by: Sue D | March 09, 2018 at 09:37 AM
Cute card!
Posted by: Georgia Gunn | March 09, 2018 at 09:53 AM
This card is so cute and made me smile! The color combo is perfect
Posted by: Brenda | March 09, 2018 at 12:14 PM
What a sweet and lovely card. I love the Walrus, he is so cute! Thanks for your gorgeous card Nichol and have a nice weekend.
Posted by: Henriëtte | March 09, 2018 at 12:51 PM
What a fabulous card! So fun!! Such a great colour combination too. Of ALL the picture book characters the walrus and the croc are my absolute favourites. Love them!!
Posted by: Jackie Price | March 10, 2018 at 08:27 AM
This is so cute Nichop and I agree with you about the eyes (on anything)! If they have eyes they should be enhanced.
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | March 10, 2018 at 07:20 PM
So so cute!!! Love the colours you used
Posted by: Gab | March 10, 2018 at 11:27 PM
What a fun card! Love the dies!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | March 11, 2018 at 11:17 AM
Adorable card!! Love, love, love that awesome walrus!
Posted by: Patt H. | March 11, 2018 at 04:21 PM
Love you design Nichol and you are so sweet leaving in your boo boo with the croc's mouth because I am sure you are not the only crafter to have done this. Thank you for sharing this with us crafters. :O)
Posted by: lorraine turner | March 12, 2018 at 08:10 PM
Hi Nichol. I'm getting caught up on your blog/videos and I LOVE this card. There is no way to pick which picture book critter is cutest as they are equally adorable. You crack me up when you explain your mistakes in the video. It always makes me feel so much better. The crocodile teeth episode was the best! It sounds exactly like something I would do. I made a rainy day card and stamped the raindrops upside down, gave it to my husband and didn't realize what was wrong (it just didn't look right) and figured it out about three days later - haha. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Kirsten | April 01, 2018 at 03:56 AM